While the Loudoun Wildlife Conserancy’s monthly bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship lasted from 8 am to approx. 10:30 am, there was also a brief visit to the Sawmill Rd. area on the south side before the walk. Additionally, after the walk, five of us spent an hour along Arnold Rd. checking out the fields and wetlands that border the roadway.
The 17 birders on the main walk, where most of the birds were observed, checked out the fields near the Education Center and then took the Farmstead Loop into the woods along the stream where we picked up the Piney Run Spur and followed it back to the Farmstead Loop.
Our highlights included 2 Kestrels (male & female) along Arnold Rd.; 7 different warbler species, many only heard… though we did have excellent looks at the different Chats.
We also saw a female and male Redstart and a male Scarlet Tanager that landed on the trail right in front of us. The information Liam & Laura McGranaghan’s shared about the different flora and fauna along the trails was fascinating and added much depth to the walk.
Information on the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship can be found at http://www.blueridgecenter.org. Report by Joe Coleman
Edited by Sarah Steadman
The complete list follows:
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
MFF01, Loudoun, US-VA
Jun 28, 2014 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
65 species
- Canada Goose 5
- Great Blue Heron 1
- Green Heron 1
- Black Vulture 5
- Turkey Vulture 16
- Red-shouldered Hawk 1
- Red-tailed Hawk 3
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
- Mourning Dove 1
10. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
11. Chimney Swift 1
12. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
14. Hairy Woodpecker 1
15. Northern Flicker 1
16. Pileated Woodpecker 3
17. American Kestrel 2 (Both the male & female landed on one of the power line)
18. pylons off of Arnold Rd.
19. Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
20. Acadian Flycatcher 12
21. Eastern Phoebe 2
22. Great Crested Flycatcher 3
23. Eastern Kingbird 1
24. White-eyed Vireo 3
25. Red-eyed Vireo 19
26. Blue Jay 1
27. American Crow 5
28. Tree Swallow 8
29. Barn Swallow 8
30. Carolina Chickadee 6
31. Tufted Titmouse 6
32. White-breasted Nuthatch 2
33. House Wren 1
34. Carolina Wren 4
35. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
36. Eastern Bluebird 8
37. Wood Thrush 1
38. American Robin 1
39. Gray Catbird 2
40. Brown Thrasher 4
41. Northern Mockingbird 1
42. European Starling 3
43. Worm-eating Warbler 2
44. Louisiana Waterthrush 1
45. Blue-winged Warbler 1
46. Common Yellowthroat 7
47. American Redstart 3
48. Northern Parula 1
49. Yellow-breasted Chat 4
50. Eastern Towhee 2
51. Chipping Sparrow 4
52. Field Sparrow 8
53. Grasshopper Sparrow 1
54. Song Sparrow 2
55. Scarlet Tanager 4
56. Northern Cardinal 8
57. Indigo Bunting 13
58. Red-winged Blackbird 3
59. Eastern Meadowlark 1
60. Common Grackle 8
61. Brown-headed Cowbird 8(
62. Baltimore Oriole 1
63. House Finch 1
64. American Goldfinch 10
65. House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18935166
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